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In Memories of Our
Veterans

Gordon Colby Crocker "World War I"

from Betty (Crocker) Lumsden Photo Album

Gordon Colby Crocker

born 1898 - died 1931

Fought in World War I at the Battle for Hill #70 (near the city of Lens, France).

He is shown on the far right with four other amputees, all recuperating
from their wounds at a hospital in London, England. Coincidentally, Gordon's older brother, Willis, was recuperating
at the same time in England from his war injuries.`` They were the sons of Henry Weston and
Margaret (Carnwath) Crocker of Hopewell Cape. Gordon is buried at Riverview Cemetery at
Edgett's Landing.

The picture was taken in Albert County NB. just before he sailed for France in WW1; aboard the SS
Olympic; (which was the sister ship to the SS Titanic which hit an iceberg with much loss of life). He served 23 months with
the 1st Canadian Vet Hospital. He was a blacksmith and horse shoe finisher; so he serviced all the ambulance and transport
mules as well as the army horses for the troops; because this was before they acquired motor vehicles.

Francis
returned to Canada then later she joined him and they began their life together in Germantown NB. They had one child a girl
born in Germantown, and then in the 60's they moved to Ontario and had two more children where they resided.

Hillyard Rossiter from Albert County married overseas to his bride Anges in Scotland